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Teaching interprofessional collaboration through authentic practice

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Abstract

Abstract for NIPNET Conference in September 2024 – Moderated Poster Session

Abstract title:

Teaching Interprofessional Collaboration Through Use of Authentic Practice

Background:

Students from four different educational programs at the Copenhagen University College (Pedagogy, Physiotherapy, Nursing, and Nutrition and Health) participates, in a 6-7-week interprofessional course "Elderly in Vulnerable Positions".
The students collaborate interprofessional and innovatively on an interprofessional practice case, visit a clinical setting, and present solution proposals to practice, educators, and classmates. The students are motivated by working with this real life interprofessional case and a chance that their solution might be used in practice. There is therefore a close collaboration between the representatives from practice and the educators.

Methods

For the educators, it is a continuous development project – seeking, finding, and developing clinical liaisons in municipal and regional contexts in the Greater Copenhagen area. Supporting liaisons in the development of the clinical case and description of relevant, interprofessional collaborative cases. Supporting the clinical practice during student visits and preparing the clinical practice to provide constructive, dialogic, and learning feedback.

Results/findings

Students evaluate the collaboration with practice and the innovative process of finding a solution to the clinical case very positively.
Our clinical liaisons evaluate the collaboration with instructors/students as beneficial to their clinical work.

Discussion

The challenges lie in getting practice to see collaboration with the interprofessional course as an investment, where the clinical practice gains a range of good practical ideas to work on in their daily clinical work.

Conclusion

Real life practice cases give students a clear sense of the importance and the meaningfulness for the interprofessional collaboration. The students learn from the respective professions and prepares them for their future and the vast interprofessional collaboration happening in the clinical practice.

Takeaway

Using real life practical cases for students provides relevant and meaningful learning.


By/ Camilla Riegels, Assistant Professor, and Hanne F Mortensen, Lecturer/Associated professor and Course Responsible for the Interprofessional Course "Elderly in Vulnerable Positions" at Copenhagen University College, Department of Nursing and Nutrition Education, Faculty of Health Sciences. Contact [email protected]
Original languageEnglish
Publication date20 Sept 2024
Publication statusPublished - 20 Sept 2024
EventNIPNET Konference: Nordic Interprofessional Network - Copenhagen
Duration: 19 Sept 202420 Sept 2024

Conference

ConferenceNIPNET Konference
LocationCopenhagen
Period19/09/2420/09/24

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